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Do you want to widen your horizon for critical thinking and methodological reflection?

The ‘Repoliticizing Capitalism’ course at Roskilde University is the only one of its kind in Scandinavia. It offers a rare opportunity to engage with primary economic texts as well as leading scholars within heterodox economics and critical political economy. The course will contribute substantially to your understanding of economics, its history and usages. Moreover the specific focus on alternatives and critiques enables you to move beyond orthodox conceptualizations of the economy.

Course outline

The summer school brings together a faculty of international scholars and staff from Roskilde University for an in-depth course on heterodox and critical political economic perspectives. It offers a unique opportunity to directly engage with original economic texts/source material and to explore core dimensions of the critique of (neo)classical economic theory and contemporary perspectives on global capitalism. The focus of the course is explicitly pluralist, encouraging students to widen their horizon for critical thinking and methodological reflection.

The first part of the course ‘Economic Thought from Oikos to Economics’ traces the history of economic ideas with an emphasis on critical and heterodox approaches. The second part of the course ‘Contemporary Challenges, Critiques and Alternatives’ addresses present and pressing issues, through the lens of critical and heterodox political economy.Through the employment of recent critiques, the second section of the course hence offers potential pathways towards different conceptualisations and alternatives to “the economy” as we know it.

Academic staff

Guest seminars

Bob Jessop (Lancaster)

Ngai-Ling Sum (Lancaster)

Jean-Claude Simon (Transform! Europe)

About Roskilde University

Roskilde University is a critical university, with an explicit focus on creating experimental and innovative learning experiences and knowledge. It has a unique history of student activism and legacy of critical thought that still leaves an impression on university environment. The summer school at RUC not only provides an opportunity to take part in a vibrant academic community, but you will also be presented with the possibility of directly engaging with professors, lecturers and researchers leading within their fields. RUC’s dedication to student participation, problem solving and innovative learning approaches will positively add to the credentials of any student.

Located at the city of Roskilde and a 25-min train-ride from Copenhagen, the cultural, social, economic and political happenings are inside the reach of its green surroundings.

Questions?

Admission

Students at Roskilde University

Students from the international programmes International Development Studies, EU-studies and Global Studies, and students from the Danish programmes Politik og Administration and Forvaltning, will be admitted directly. Other students must apply for pre-approval from their respective study boards.

Admission

Students from other universities in Denmark and international students

Application deadline is May 1st 2018. You will find an online registration form here.

Language requirements: You are required to have a bachelor degree in English or be admitted at an English Master Programme, if not please read our English language requirements (pt 3).

Fees and accommodation

The course is equivalent to 10 ECTS. For international students (EU/EEA) €560. Students enrolled at a Danish university do not have to pay fees, but need to provide a forhåndsgodkendelse/pre-approval from their university.

Accommodation is available on campus, prices and further details are available upon request.

PhD Students

The course is also available for PhD students as a part of the The Doctoral School of Social Sciences & Business.

Jaša, Slovenia

"Attending the summer school at Roskilde was a wonderful and intellectually very engaging experience. I loved the explicitly critical orientation of the whole course, well contextualized in today's world. The speakers and the team were amazing, really accessible and the fact that the group was quite small gave us a chance for discussing matters in depth. I really liked the informal atmosphere and emphasis on discussion. I would recommend this summer school to anyone looking for heterodox and critical approaches to political economy and wanting to combine it with great debates, enthusiastic lecturers and good company!"

Laurent, Dublin

"This summer school was an amazing opportunity to engage with non-mainstream approaches to political economy and to exchange opinions on a wide range of topics with other motivated students and scholars. The choice of guest lecturers was particularly well-suited to the content of the course and the interactive structure of classes made them intellectually very stimulating. I would recommend this summer school to any student who wants to broaden his or her views on both the epistemology and the ontology of political economy"

Marie, Denmark

"Before attending "Repolitisicing Capitalism", I had always been avoiding GPE because it was so complicated. However, this course took me by the hand and tought me everything I needed to understand, in order for me to challenge the current ideas in the field. With inspiring lecturers and committed students, this course was, by far, one of the best courses I have attended at Roskilde University"